Why no common spoon?

Was at a dinner-talk event held at Tong Hoi Chinese Restaurant Ipoh Garden last night with hubby. And uknowat, when the dishes start arriving, there's no common spoon on the serving plates. If not for the pot of chicken with lots of gravy and a ladle in it, i dont think i'll be eating at all. Oh, c'mon. Common spoon also dowan to give meh. How to expect a whole table of strangers to sit and eat together worr.